Sleep-wake cycles affect how well our bodies fight disease.
Sleep-wake cycles affect how well our bodies fight disease.
Scientists hope an understanding of nerve fibers responsive only to gentle touch will give insight into the role the sense plays in social bonding.
Stem cells collected from younger donors are more effective for transplantation and regenerative medicine than those from older individuals.
Are states with less rigorous rules about which children can claim an exception from vaccination in kindergarten putting communities at higher risk of childhood disease?
The latest news from a long-term study of calorie restriction in rhesus macaques shows better health, but no boost in lifespan, in monkeys who eat less.
Results from a Phase II trial for cardiovascular disease with an epigenetic target therapy show promise.
A human trial of a hepatitis C treatment is shut down after one of the participants died.
Another person has died from the rodent-borne disease after visiting Yosemite National Park.
Researchers consider the recent reappearance of West Nile virus in Texas and the efforts to control it.
Researchers show that blood spotted onto Guthrie cards, usually at birth, can be a high quality source of methylated DNA for long-term epigenetic studies.